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Which of the following is a source of lactate in the body?
Which of the following is a source of lactate in the body?
- Muscle during exercise
- Liver during gluconeogenesis
- Red blood cells due to absence of mitochondria
- All of the above (correct)
What is the fate of lactate produced in muscles and red blood cells?
What is the fate of lactate produced in muscles and red blood cells?
- It is excreted in urine and sweat
- It is converted to glucose in the liver (correct)
- It is used for production of energy in red blood cells
- It is accumulated in muscles causing muscle fatigue
What is the Cori cycle?
What is the Cori cycle?
- The conversion of lactate into glucose in the liver
- The excretion of lactate in urine and sweat
- The accumulation of lactate in muscles causing muscle fatigue
- The conversion of glucose to lactate in red blood cells and muscles in anaerobic respiration (correct)
What is the normal blood lactate level?
What is the normal blood lactate level?
What is the relationship between kinetic energy and temperature?
What is the relationship between kinetic energy and temperature?
Study Notes
Which of the following is a source of lactate in the body? What is the fate of lactate produced in muscles and red blood cells? What is the Cori cycle? What is the normal blood lactate level? What is the relationship between kinetic energy and temperature?
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Test your knowledge on the sources and fate of lactate in the body. Explore how lactate is produced during glycolysis, its role in red blood cells and muscles during exercise, and its conversion to glucose via the Cori cycle. Challenge yourself with this quiz and learn more about the metabolism of lactate.
